Plate Tectonics

ACCRETION
ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
BOUNDARY
CONTINENTAL
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CORE
CRUST
DENSITY
DIVEREGENT
ISLANDARC
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MIDOCEANRIDGE
OCEANIC
PALEOMAGNETISM
PANGEA
PLATE
PLATETECTONICS
RIFTVALLEY
RIFTZONE
STRAOVOLCANO
SUBDUCTION
SUPERCONTINENT
SUTUREZONE
THERRMAL
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY
TRANSFORMFAULT
TRENCHES

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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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ACCRETION  175w
ASTHENOSPHERE  517n
BASALT  614n
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  159sw
CONVECTION  620e
CONVERGENT  1211sw
CORE  710e
CRUST  1211ne
DENSITY  84w
DIVEREGENT  919ne
ISLANDARC  116e
LITHOSPHERE  188s
MANTLE  811se
MIDOCEANRIDGE  719e
OCEANIC  1812sw
PALEOMAGNETISM  206sw
PANGEA  206n
PLATE  206s
PLATETECTONICS  207s
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  184w
STRAOVOLCANO  2019nw
SUBDUCTION  1813nw
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  14s
THERRMAL  72e
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319n
TRENCHES  1918n